COLLS 050 - College Reading

Credits: 4
Lecture Contact Hours: 4
Description: This course focuses on developing vocabulary and comprehension skills in group and lab settings. Students will explore and develop reading strategies to improve reading and vocabulary fluency.

Prerequisites: Minimum score of 11 ACT-Reading, 18 SAT-Reading, 32 CPT-Reading Comprehension or 220 NGA-Reading
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Applied Liberal Arts | Learning Support Services
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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Course Competencies

Develop reading comprehension strategies for different types of text.
Differentiate between stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details.
Analyze vocabulary using word parts and context clues.
Identify five major organizational writing patterns.
Identify the author’s purpose.
Acquire 300 new vocabulary words.
Recognize valid inferences.
Analyze the central point and major supporting elements in an essay.
Document seminal events while reading an autobiography.
Generate short answer essays from reading notes.
Summarize essential elements of an essay.
Formulate a valid, documented response to an essay.